In collaboration IT, interoperability usually happens when competitors work together. When two competing systems work together, without regard to brand name, the end user’s outcome then becomes the same. This is crucial for collaboration to enable, well, genuine collaboration. Lack of interoperability in collaborative businesses creates communication silos, friction, and often leads to what we’ve ...

Earlier this year, Microsoft announced Skype for Business retirement. But fear not, Skype for Business is not going away immediately, but Skype for Business Online does have an end of life date of 31st July 2021. Assuming you can’t wait until Microsoft Inspire to find out what this means for your business, read on for ...

The Unified Comms market is worth a staggering $56bn in 2019. Despite this, the tech, the brands, and most importantly the people of Unified Comms remain a mystery to some SMBs and enterprises. One vendor, Ribbon Communications, went as far as saying that some businesses are unaware of Unified Comms, at an event hosted by ...

Microsoft Teams guest access is the most read post on the Microsoft tech community forum. It has 78k views but we don’t seem to be much closer to a resolution. There is no doubt that Microsoft Teams is one of the market-leading tools, with a whole host of functionality. In fact, Teams now has 13m ...

Last year, we queried why Slack was not included in the UCaaS Magic Quadrant published by Gartner or even the UC (Unified Comms) version. Since 2018, Gartner has opted to scrap the UC version altogether. The 2019 version of the UCaaS Gartner Magic Quadrant was released this month with some major changes. It does not, ...

Microsoft today confirmed the Skype for Business Online end of life date as July 31, 2021. In this post, we shed some light on the steps Microsoft is taking and have sourced some helpful links to help plan your migration. Common FAQs include: Our recently published Workplace Messaging Report should also help your journey from ...

The comparison of Microsoft Teams vs Skype for Business is an inadequate one. Both tools have changed the way we communicate. Both tools offer excellent user interfaces and a fantastic collaboration experience. However, they are incredibly different ways of working. This post walks through key differences in technology, but also in processes and the way ...

Looking for Skype for Business alternatives? We hear you. As Skype for Business Online goes end of life on 31st July 2021, and Teams becomes the focal point of Microsoft’s collaboration offering, it’s the perfect time to shop around. We’ve gone out to market and reviewed 20 alternatives to Skype for Business. 1 – Microsoft ...